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    • 09 November 2024 Until 10 November 2024
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      Alsager Railway Association annual exhibition to be held at 
       
      Bentley Motors
      Bentley Legends 
      Sunnybank Road
      Crewe
       
      Layouts of all scales and trade. 
       
      Refreshments available
       
      Ample car parking 
       
      Adults £9
      Children free
    • 09 November 2024 10:00 Until 16:30
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      - see website www.hwdmrs.org.uk for layouts and more details
    • 09 November 2024 10:00 Until 16:30
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      Unfortunately with our annual exhibition having to be cancelled, we will be holding a open day. If you've wondered about being a member of a club, come and meet our members and our see our layouts. Solihull Model Railway Circle was founded in 1951, making it one of the oldest model railway clubs in the Midlands, and it is still active today. The main objectives of the club are to share and improve knowledge and skills between the members, to produce scenic model railway layouts in different scales and formats and to exhibit them to the general public.
       
      Saturday 9th November 2024
       
      Opening Times
      10:00am - 16:30pm
       
      FREE Entry
       
      LOCATION
      St Marys Church Hall
      Hobs Meadow
      Solihull
      B92 8PN
      Motorway: M42 Junction 5
      Railway: Olton Railway Station
      Airport: BIRMINGHAM INTERNATIONAL
       
      Buses to Hobs Moat road that stop in front of the nearby ice rink: 72. Buses that stop at Wheatsheaf, A45, Coventry Road: 60, X1, X2. Bus Information: Available from Network West Midlands: 0871 200 22 33. or www.travelinemidlands.co.uk
       
      FREE car park next to exhibition.
       
      List of Layouts Attending:
       
      1. Grange Aggregates
      2mm Scale, N Gauge
      Solihull Model Railway Circle
       
      Grange Aggregates started up many years ago. The canal was cut in order to transport the stone out instead of using horses and wagons. The narrow gauge railway was then laid to take stone to the crushing plant. Steam engines were introduced on the narrow gauge in the 1800s. When the main line railway was built, the loops and sidings to the quarry were also put in. All these forms of taking the stone out are still very much in evidence, with stone going out by canal, road or by rail.
       
      2. A Scottish Branch
      4mm Scale, OO Gauge
      Solihull Model Railway Circle
       
      A end to end branch line club layout based on Scottish practice, displayed here partly built to give an insight into layout construction. It is 16 feet long and just over 2 feet wide and we are using SMP code 75 bullhead plain track and handmade Marcway points. It has been constructed to run with either DCC or traditional control. There is a terminus station at one end and a hidden 'fiddle' yard with a traverser at the other, with a scenic section in between. A major part of the concept is the use of very deep baseboards, with the railway running through the middle, allowing greater depths and heights of scenery for a more interesting appearance. The major architectural feature is the curved viaduct based on Killiecrankie.
       
      3. Not Much Room
      7mm Scale, O Gauge
      Ken Jones
       
      A small industrial loco shed yard, with a factory and coal traffic passing through. All buildings are scratch built from card and embossed Plasticard.
       
      4. Bricks in Motion
      1:40 Scale
      John Butler
       
      A brick built (Lego) town with an accompanying freight rail yard, with several passenger and freight trains.
       
    • 09 November 2024 10:00 Until 10 November 2024 16:00
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      IPMS(UK) proudly announces Scale ModelWorld on 9th-10th November 2024 at The International Centre, Telford TF3 4JH
       
      Whilst not a railway modelling show, the thousands of static models on display can provide inspiration for building, painting and weathering techniques for all modellers.   Click here for images of competition winners from 2023
       
      Car parking, disabled access, refreshments, club and special interest group displays, overseas section, trade stands, model competition, talks and demonstrations.  Click here for more information
    • 09 November 2024 10:00 Until 10 November 2024 16:00
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      2024 Tyneside Model Railway Exhibition
      Jesmond Park Academy, Newton Road, Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne NE7 7DP
      Saturday 9th November 10:00 to 17:00
      Sunday 10th November 10:00 to 16:00
      19 Working Layouts - Arun Quay (0), Bankgate Sidings (0), Barton Road (N), Bedeside Lane (N), Blakey Rigg (S), East Glasson Port Authority (00), Eccleston (S4), The Enchanted Forest (009), Fence Houses (2mm F/S), Friston Dean (009), Grantham (00), Hyde Lane (0), Kirtley Bridge (0), Neuburg 2013 (H0m), Richmond (N), Rosedale East (EM), South Pelaw (EM), Watchet Harbour Goods (1), West End Drift (EM)
      Demonstrations - North East Finescale Group (NEFG), MERG
      Trade Support
      Canteen facilities (cash only) - Full meals, snacks, sandwiches, hot and cold drinks
      Free Parking (on site)
      Adults £10.00 Accompanied Children free
       



  • Recent Blog entries

    1. Burghmirer
      Latest Entry

      The curved backscene for the first scenic board worked out really well. Here's a photo of it loose, but in position and viewed from the public viewing side. 

       

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      I still have to cut 'tunnels' for the trackwork coming through the backscene. Other than a bit of trimming, that's it - in theory, at least. I am pondering taking a bit off the top to reduce the overall height slightly - maybe up to 20mm.

       

      With all the clamps free for another job, I have now made a temporary jig to assemble the splines for the curved track bed on the second scenic board. The layers are 20mm deep lengths of 2mm MDF - leftovers from the backscene. Here are all 8 layers just after glueing together.  The layers are clamped to various supports, with additional intermediate screws positioned as guides, to ensure that the 20" curve is maintained throughout.  I shall leave this for 24 hours to fully set.

       

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      The track bed is longer than required and will be trimmed in due course. It will require very careful positioning on the baseboard to maintain a smooth curve from board one. A small section in the middle will eventually be removed so that I can add a bridge over a stream - not until the structure is firmly fixed in position on the baseboard though. 

       

      Next up will be the combined backscene and baseboard edge for board two.

    2. Liddy
      Latest Entry

      At one time I considered extending to a fiddle yard, so didn't install a left-hand end. Having changed my mind I had to add strip wood both sides of the joint to reduce the back scene warping! So instead of a polystyrene 'quadrant' I used filler for the rounded corner.

      Insides of the bridge parapets have been modelled.

      All of the natural ground surfaces got a wash of Earth Undercoat - great stuff!

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    3. Track laid in a ‘U’ shape from the fiddle yard to the terminus. Wiring using the ‘droppers to every piece of track’ is driving me insane, but 1 board is done, now to the second more ‘busy’ board

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